Car-seat.



C. C. TAYLOR.

CAR SEAT.

APPLlcAUoN FILED OCT. 26, 191B.

Patented Apr. 1,1919. 2 sHEETs-SHEETI (w Fig2.l

INVENTOR C. C. Taylor:

l ATTORNEY C. C.. TAYLOR.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED 001.126. i918.

l ,298,823. Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEY.

OFFICE.

CALVIN C. TAYLOR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SCARRITT CAR SEATAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OFMISSOURI.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN C. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, UnitedStates of America, have invented a certain new and useful Car-Seat, ofwhich the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as willenable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to a car seat and more particularly to that type ofcar seat in which the back is moved from one side to the other of thecushion or seat proper without being inverted and at the same time thecushion or seat is moved laterally and inclined at a slight angle.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means forthe purpose above set forth which may be easily manufactured and inwhich the moving parts will not be likely to become jammed or injured inoperation.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of car seat madein accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is an end elevation, Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-#2 ofFig. 4 l

and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken Von the line 3-3 of Fig.5 and Fig. 4

is a sectional View taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a topplan view, partly in section, of one end, the back and cushion beingremoved. Figs. 6 and 7 are an enlarged side and endview respectively ofthe cushion operating lever, and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough a portion of the seat showing the manner of securing the endplates together. v

`Fach of the end plates 12 consists of an angle iron frame 16 and a body17 of sheet metal secured thereto by rivets or in any' other suitablemanner. The lower edge of the body 17 is preferably reinforced by across plate 18. The two end plates 12 are secured together by means of apair of tubes 19 through which passes a bolt or rod 20 vided with anenlargement 21 as shown in Fig 8 to allow the passage of the head of thebolt 20. The bolt 20 is centered in the tube 19 by centering blocks 22.The outer ends of the tubes 19 are supported by the pedestal 15 whilethe inner ends are supported from the inner end plate which preferablyrests on an angle iron support 15A. Above the reinforcing plate 18 andparallel therewith each of the sheets 17 is provided with a slot 23, theends of the metal removed from said slot being bent into loops 24forming spacing pieces for angular guide bars 25, which guide bars areheld against the spacing pieces 24 by bolts 26 passing through the saidparts as best shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Between the reinforcing plate 18and the lower guide bar 25, each of the end plates is provided with aninwardly projecting stud 27 held in place by a bolt 28 and washer 29,the latter bearing against the reinforcing plate 18 and the Verticalflange ofthe lower guide bar 25. These studs 27 form the main pivots ofthe lever mechanism as will be hereinafter described.

Engaging with each of the studs 27 is a bearing 29A formed inthe lowerendof the lever 30, the upper end of which is pivotally and slidinglyconnected to a back carrying `member 31 by means of a stud 32 carried bysaid member 31 and projecting through a yslot 32A in the said arm 30.The back carrying members 31 are removably connected .member 36 is alsoprovided with a stud 38 passing` through a slot 39 in the lever 30.Secured to the lever 30 is a plate 40 for preventing lateral movement ofthe levers 34.

Each of the levers 30 isprovided with an extension 41 between which andan extension 4Q of the seat operating lever 43 a tube 44 is clamped bymeans of a bolt 45 extending through enlarged openings 46 in the lsaidtube 44 so as to allow adjustment between said parts in order to securesimultaneous engagement of the links 34 with stops 47 formed integralwith the frame 16 of 'the end plate. .The lower end of each of thelevers 43 is provided with a stud 49 engaging with a T-shaped slot 50 inone of the seat carrying members 51. The upper portion of l said slot 50engaging with the tube 44 so as to lock the said seat carrying memberbetween the said tube and the tubes 19 except when the parts are intheir central position as shown in Fig. 2. The seat carrying member 51is also provided with recesses 52 adapted to engage with tubes 19 whenthe seat is in its normal position as shown in Fig. v3. The seatcarrying members 51 are secured to the seat 11 by means of dowel pins 53and screws passing through slots 54.

The operation of the seat is as. follows: Then the back is removed andthe lever mechanism is in its central position as shown in Fig. 2 theseat 11 together with the seat carrying members 51 can be removed fromor placed in position. l/Vhen, however, the parts are moved to theirnormal position at either end, as shown in Fig. 3, the seat is' Whenlocked against vertical movement.

the parts are moved to shift the back from Y one side of the seat to theother, the shifting member 36 is moved by engagement of the studsl32 and38 with the slots 32A and 39. In this manner, the proper inclination ofgagement of the studs 49 with the slots 50V and the proper inclinationof the seat is secured by the engagement of the lower edges of the seatcarrying 'member 51 with the tubes 19.

It will be evident that m device is simple in construction and relia lein operation and that the link members are so guided as to prevent anypossibility of the binding'of the arts.

Ifrving fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a car seat, the combination with a back carrying member, of apair'of links pivoted at their upper ends to said member, shiftingpivots for the lower ends of said links, a connecting bar for saidshfting pivots, and guiding means maintaining said connecting bar inhorizontal position during the shifting movement of said pivots.

2. In a .car seat, the combination with a back carrying member, of apair of links pivoted at their upper ends to said member, shiftingpivots for tliellower ends of said links, a connecting bar forl saidshifting pivots, guiding means maintaining said connectin bar inhorizontal position during 'the shifting movement of said pivot, and a'third link turning on a fixed pivot and actua fixed pivot 4and havingsliding pivotalV movement with relation to said back carrying member,said third link actuating said shifting pivots when the back .isreversed.

4. The combina-tion with a seat and back, 'of a back carrying member, apair of links pivoted at their upper ends to said member, the lowerendsof. said links turning on connected shifting pivots, a third linkturning on a fixed pivot and having sliding pivotal nievement relative-to said member, said third link actuating said shifting pivots when theback isreversed, and connections between said third link and the seatfor shifting the latter. a

5. The combination with a shiftingrseat .andV reversible back, of Vlevermechanism carrying said back and including a link movable on a fixedpivot, a seat Vshifting ioo arm, and a connecting rod clamped betweenVVAsaid link and arm. the back is secured by the links 34 without 6. Thecombination with a shifting seat .and reversible back, of levermechanism .carrying 'said back and including a link movable onalixedpivot, a seat shifting arm, and a connecting rod adjustablyy clamedv between said link and arm.

7 he combination with areversible back of a lever mechanism carryingsaid back, said lever mechanism including a member carryingv shiftingpivots, an end .plate vhaving a sheet metal'body, said end plate beingprovided with a guide for said member fiio formed by a pair ,of guidebars separated by spacing members integral with the body of said plate.'Y

8. The combination with a-shifting seat Vand reversible back, of levermechanism carrying said back, said lever mechanism including a movablemember carrying shifting pivots, an end plate having sheet metal body,said end plate being provided with a guide for the member formed of apairY of guide bars separated by spacing members integral with the bodyof said end plate, and connections between said lever mechanism and theseat for shifting the latter.

9. In a car seat, the combination with a back carrying member, of a pairof links pivoted at their upper ends to said member, shifting pivots forthe lower ends of said links, a connecting bar for said shifting pivots,a third link turnin on a fixed pivot, said third link having s ottedconnections 10 with said connecting bar and withsaid back carryingmember and guiding means for said shifting pivots.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aiixed my seal.

CALVIN C. TAYLOR. [n s.]

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.

